Leviticus 22:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

No one of Aaron’s offspring who has a defiling skin disease or suffers a discharge may eat of the sacred donations until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse or a man who has had an emission of semen,

Cross References

Leviticus 11:39

“If an animal of which you may eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 15:17

Everything made of cloth or of leather on which the semen falls shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 2:10

And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

And what is left of the grain offering shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy part of the offerings by fire to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: “No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his relatives,

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered, “Yes, it becomes unclean.”

Numbers 18:19

All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I have given to you, together with your sons and daughters, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and your descendants as well.”

Numbers 18:9

This shall be yours from the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs that they render to me as a most holy thing, whether grain offering, purification offering, or guilt offering, shall belong to you and your sons.

Numbers 19:20

Any who are unclean but do not purify themselves, those persons shall be cut off from the assembly, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water for cleansing has not been dashed on them, they are unclean.